right now we're arguing about the lyrics of guilty pleasure

[schmerica]

So one of the things about me is that for the most part I'm not really cut out for live music. My issues are rampant, but it kind of comes down to the fact that being crammed with an incredibly hot, incredibly loud room filled with strangers is generally something I would think of as torture rather than a fun time. I have an anxiety disorder, dude, it sucks. Also I have a short attention span and I get bored and sleepy easily when I am not already familiar with the music being played, which is often the case with opening acts.

(Honestly, before last night, the last concert I had been to was Sleater-Kinney in fall of 2002. Yeah.)

With all of that said? God, the Cobras rocked my world last night.

♥♥♥

+ The first band (they were from Seattle; I didn't catch their name) featured a guitar player onstage who was having the time of his life. It was kind of awesome; we couldn't stop beaming whenever we looked at him, because he was just so into it. Also, the singer took out a tambourine to beat on in a couple of songs, so major points for that.

+ The Cab: Holy shit, you guys. No, seriously, holy shit. You know how I said earlier I tune out when I don't know the music? It turns out that is not always the case. They blew me away, for real. My sister and I kept turning to each other and being like "Dude!"

Yes, I know you guys have all been waving the Cab flag for weeks/months now, but to be honest, sometimes you guys do that about things that kind of suck sometimes! But, yeah, I'm now converted to the cause. Give me your downloads.

(Also? My sister is completely and utterly in love with Alex Marshall.)

+ We the Kings: did a super entertaining set and were cute. I wasn't bored! I would probably read the two guys who talked being gay together.

+ Cobra Starship: eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Yeah, that's basically it. THEY CAME THERE TO ME DANCE TONIGHT. IT WAS WONDERFUL. \o/

...That's all I have. Yay Cobras.

+ PERSON WHO RECOGNIZED ME FROM THE INTERNET AND CALLED OUT TO ME ON LINE: I am so sorry, dude! I really didn't mean to blow you off! I was following speshope and my sister, and I was afraid if I stopped I would lose them and ... die, basically. I looked around inside but didn't see you! Sorry!

+ Hawthorne: hotter than the ninth circle of hell, my god.

So yeah. It was a good night.

Two more random things: first, can anyone link me to the footage that this picture comes from? And ... actually, I can't remember what the second thing was, so I'm just going to tell you guys, I keep wanting to describe last story I posted like "It's mostly Gerard & Mikey gen, is the thing. It just ... also has a big gay threesome in it!"

THAT'S NOT HOW GEN WORKS. IM DOIN IT WRONG.

Oh, I remember the second thing -- Doctor Who vid to "Bicycle Song", anyone have a link? I want to make my sister watch it. (She loves Doctor Who AND Queen! It's a beautiful combination.)

Comments

[vic-ramsey.livejournal.com]

Here is a zip file of their EP and some other cab songs:

http://www.mediafire.com/?54jwuvbkoy1

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[seanarenay.livejournal.com]

If the two dudes in We The Kings who talked about being gay together were the guitarist and the bassist, I feel it is my duty to make sure you know they are brothers. I assume it might have been them because at my show the singer went off on a whole banter thing about how Hunter and Drew have such an ~intense connection~ he feels weird being in the middle of it sometimes. Either way it is a good thing to know. They are pretty. Yay for liking the Cab!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

ahahaha, no, I think one of them was Hunter and the other was the singer. The other ... not the drummer guy was very hot when he didn't look like cousin it, but he didn't talk at all.

[makesomelove.livejournal.com]

Footage! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0u8EfBQsac&feature=related)

OH GOD ALEX MARSHALL ♥_____________♥ He's such a precious muffinnnnnnnnnnnn, they all are.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[luna-k.livejournal.com]

Yay Cobra! I'm seeing them in 3 1/2 weeks, and I cannot wait.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

COBRAS = MADE ON WIN.

[scizojess.livejournal.com]

The lead singer from Search and Rescue(the group from Seattle) and his tambourine are my new otp. HE LOVED THAT THING.

The Cab was amazing, and it was awesome watching all the little teeny girls getting autographs after their set. Alex Marshall is the guy that played keyboard, right? If so...YES!

OH MY GOD COBRA! They were so amazing, I almost forgot how fucking hot it was. :D

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, seriously. Like, it wasn't just "Hey, here's a tambourine." He was playing the SHIT out of that thing. I loved it.

COOOOOOOOOOBRA OMIGOD. In between We the Kings and Cobra, I was really cranky and hating everybody and everything, and then there were Cobras and I forget everything else in the world. Man.

[scizojess.livejournal.com]

Dude, seriously! I was like 'Okay, I like this band, they're good...BUT COBRA.'

Also, during the Search and Rescue set, I saw a sneaky Alex Suarez at the Cobra merch table. I quite possibly died a little. Maybe.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I saw a sneaky Alex Suarez at the Cobra merch table. I quite possibly died a little. Maybe.

Dude, seriously? I AM TRAGIC OVER MISSING THAT.

[scizojess.livejournal.com]

I was up in the bar, and looked down and was like '!!!!' and took pictures. Because I am a stalker. *facepalm*

[raveninthewind.livejournal.com]

I was sad that he didn't play his tambourine in Seattle. :(

That was so cute in Portland!

[scizojess.livejournal.com]

Oh man, he loved that tambourine, too!

[impertinence.livejournal.com]

We the Kings endeared me to them FOREVER when the lead singer with the tragic hair said he'd been eaten by a lion in his past life, and that he'd turn into a lion and eat people who didn't buy their CD. I'm easy. \o/

And of course, COBRAS! yay for good times.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha, AWESOME. At our show, he just told us Hunter would make out with everybody and suck our faces off if we bought the CD.

[wordsalone.livejournal.com]

My issues are rampant, but it kind of comes down to the fact that being crammed with an incredibly hot, incredibly loud room filled with strangers is generally something I would think of as torture rather than a fun time. I have an anxiety disorder, dude, it sucks.

*pets*

I'm sorry! That's actually one of my favorite parts about going to a concert. I love being pressed up against people, knowing that all of these random people are there for the same reason that you are.

I'm glad you still managed to have a great time though! I'd see them perform again in a heartbeat. Also, The Cab? IAN. So hot. So very talented.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

It was pretty awesome! I might have to start going to these things more than twice a decade!

[she-belongs.livejournal.com]

The Cab primer (http://hypaethral.livejournal.com/30241.html)

I just found that tonight. :D

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, SHINY.

[shihadchick.livejournal.com]

Oh, yay, so glad you had a good time at the show and all, especially when that kind of situation is really Not Your Thing, and just, you know, YAY. *is pleased and slightly jealous but mostly thrilled for you*

Also, I keep looking back at your capslocked bit near the end and cracking my shit up. Just fyi. :D

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

MY GOAL IS ACCOMPLISHED.

[elucidate-this.livejournal.com]

PERSON WHO RECOGNIZED ME FROM THE INTERNET AND CALLED OUT TO ME ON LINE:

hee! that was me. it's cool.

i saw you later on the floor when i was up in the balcony (we sat up there for the openers and then moved onto the floor for the cobras) and considered yelling down to you, but yelling lj names into the abyss felt weird. i'm pretty sure someone you were with saw me staring and debating whether to yell. so...if you guys had a conversation about creepy people on the balcony that was me! sorry!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Aww, I'm sorry we didn't get to meet! Spes and I totally kept looking up at the balcony and trying to decide if we wanted to go up there and hide duirng the beginning, but my little sister's only 18, and we didn't want to abandon her.

[elucidate-this.livejournal.com]

's okay. the whole thing was a giant pile of overwhelming sensory overload. AWESOME overwhelming sensory overload but that's why i didn't like seek you out after we were in the venue.

[speshope.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I totally saw you waving and was like "Is that person waving at me? I think they are, but I do not know them. Or rather, I do not recognize them. God, why am I so bad with faces? I will pretend like I did not see them so if I do know them, later I can be like "Oh! I did not see you, sorry!"" to myself. *laughs* I should have, you know, made the connection that it was probably the person who had called out to pearl_o and had nothing to do with me.

Way to be self centered, spes.

[elucidate-this.livejournal.com]

heee! the person waving was actually raveninthewind. i was staring and debating waving.

[warmingweather.livejournal.com]

Yaaaay, the Cab! Cobra! \o/ That sounds like such a fun show- I honestly can't wait until my date.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I hope your show is awesome too!

[raveninthewind.livejournal.com]

+ PERSON WHO RECOGNIZED ME FROM THE INTERNET AND CALLED OUT TO ME ON LINE
That was neverneverfic, with whom I attended the concert.

:D

ETA: I see she commented.


Hey, the Seattle show was even more crowded and stiflingly hot than Portland. But the sound was better, and I could sit in the bar area, so....Yay!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

*grins* I'm glad you had a good time!